tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62009732011-04-21T16:21:30.400-07:00The sometimes coherent ramblings of a soon-to-be-married, Silicon Valley-dwelling, cat-owning, gadget-loving, movie watching slacker.Jeffnoreply@blogger.comBlogger471100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6200973.post-1132521348546447412005-11-20T13:13:00.000-08:002006-10-26T22:07:48.879-07:00

Happy TrailsWell everyone, update your bookmarks. Update those links on your blogs. This blog is now dead. All new content will go to my new site at www.waitingcasually.com.Blogger, you were fun while you lasted.

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Alright alright alright alright. I know I made all these glorious promises about how I was going to migrate my blog off Blogger and onto my own site, but I'm lazy. And Movable Type gives me a headache. It'll happen, but maybe not for a couple of weeks, OK? Get off my back. Geez. Who are you, my dad?Anyway, couple of things I wanted to say here:Carolyn, thanks for all of your comments. I was

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You know, I've never really liked paying bills.Took the day off work today. I did nothing all day. Nothing.It was glorious.

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Like Marshmallows with GuitarsThanks to Scotty, I've really been into American Analog Set recently and so jumped at the chance to see them live when they came to Bottom of the Hill last weekend. Bought dem tickets of the intarweb and everything so's in case the show sold out I could still go. 'Cuz I'm anal retentive like that and must make sure that all activities go according to plan.Anyway, the

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Commence the Jigglin'Not that any of you care all that much, but I'm in the process of migrating all content off of Blogger and onto my very own server. Now, because I'm cheap, I've decided that those $7.95 a month type plans are far too expensive. The alternative? Why, just a small matter of using a dynamic IP aliasing service to resolve my home computer's IP address to an easy-to-remember web

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Can't Touch ThisYou know who ate lunch at my work today? MC fucking Hammer! That's who! Isn't that crazy?! Why was MC Hammer eating lunch at my work?The mind reels.

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LettermanI can't paint.I can't sculpt.I can't sing.I can't play a musical instrument.I don't excel at a sport.I never finished my screenplay.I could never write a novel.I suck at programming.I have a terrible poker face.I can't finish a crossword puzzle.But.I can remember your name.I can arrive on time.I can name the year in which any number of movies were made.I can beat most video games.I can

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Gretzky, hah!I hope y'all noticed the blog's new name and description. Somehow, "The Blog 1.0" didn't quite describe what this blog is. I mean, yes, it's still an initial effort, but it just didn't sit with me. Never did, but I never really felt a stronger connection to any of my other ideas until yesterday.Stoner is a nickname I've had since elementary school. Back in Redding. At Shasta

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Sex PantherFrom Wikipedia:Musk is the name originally given to a perfume obtained from the strong-smelling substance, secreted in a gland by musk deer, and hence applied to other animals, and also to plants, possessing a similar odor.Maybe that is my problem.

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Billy and the BoingersI think I smell. What other explanation could there be? You see, recently I've tried to organize a weekly Lost party at my house only to have one person show up on a regular basis. Now, it's not like I don't really really appreciate that person coming to my house - I really do. It's just that I had envisioned more than one person coming over. Somehow though, it seems like

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With the moon on their wingsThings that Jeff has cared about recently:Wong Kar-WaiI've recently watched Chungking Express, Happy Together, In the Mood for Love and 2046. There's such a pervasive sadness to Wong Kar-Wai's movies. Even when people are happy, there's this sort of cloud of impending doom hovering over each scene that makes it nearly impossible to feel hopeful for the characters. I

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While we're on the subjectBy the way, for those of you who comment, you may have noticed that I implemented a new, CAPTCHA test that should hopefully prevent comment spam. Some have already encountered this vile practice firsthand. And as I do not wish to have my blog so defiled, I've taken action! Anyway, I figured if you want to comment, you'll make the extra effort.

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But in reverse this timeHi. Remember me? Yeah. I know. You're right. What can I say? You're right. I've been away far too long. I know. Really. I'm very, truly sorry. Really. What have I been doing? Well, uhhh... You see, I've been doing uhhh things! You know. Things. Stuff. Certainly nothing as cool as writing a freaking novel, but you know. Lots of things.OK. I'll be straight with you. When I

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My new best friendand it is Beautiful.

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A simple requestJo? If you're reading? Please. Please write the final chapter soon. And please make it as perfect as the preceding six.

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Distant LoverSo just what is the point of the fabled, celebrated and infamous Bachelor Party? Is the point of the bachelor (or bachelorette) party to participate in one last night of absolute, "single-styled" debauchery before committing oneself to one person for the rest of one's life? Or is the party supposed to be some glorious celebration of a person's passing from one stage of his or her

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This is my new truck. It rocks. And rolls. No really, it has a high center of gravity, so I need to be really careful when driving in crosswinds, up hills and generally at all other times. 

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No grammar for you!It's official. Jen is insane.Last night, as we were going to bed, Jen told me that my last post was flawed by my inability to follow industry standard capitalization and hyphenation. I was somewhat surprised to hear that it wasn't the content of my post that offended her, so I asked Der Führer to clarify just what it was that I hadn't hyphenated or capitalized that I

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...and She'll Cry if She Wants toPoor Jenny. Our internets is currently semi-functioning and her computer is currently lacking any connection to the information superhighway. At the moment she's playing Civilization 3, pretending that the lack of internets connection isn't bothering her, but I know that she's really suffering underneath. On a side note, I'd just like to give a shoutout to Todd,

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New YohkOh my G-d (Thanks, Urs and your friend for the tip)! Best. Site. Ever.

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Enter SandmanMy fiancée has the strangest dreams. Really. They're terrible. I would say that at least once a week she tells me about some awful event that occurred in her mind while she slept. People die. She gets chased through strange cities by killers. I leave her, but only after I cheat on her. See? Really awful stuff. One time she had such a powerful dream in which I treated her horribly

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Just checking...You did notice that I'm posting titles in my posts, now, right? And it's HTML! It's a header, mmhmm. h4. Yep.

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My Dirty Little SecretSo I know that my last post may have you all fooled. I know that you all think that I'm a total nerd. I admit, I relish the idea. I wear my nerdiness like an electronic keycard that I wear on a retractable clip that permits me access to all sorts of nerdy club functions that take place behind closed doors. Granted those club functions are all lame, but still.And I'm not just

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Extensions and ThemesThe more I use Firefox, the more I love it. Up until recently, I even used it naked. Not me. I wasn't naked. The browser was. And I still liked it more than IE! The only Firefox-specific feature I was using was its tabbed browsing capability.* Now, however, I learned that the extensions and themes made for Firefox are not just your run-of-the-mill addons. No, these addons

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Future's so bright...I've decided that it's high time that the world took notice of just how awesome I am. Seriously. Have you met me? Were you not amazed? Remember? You had to put on sunglasses you were so dazzled.The question remains: why isn't the world yet paying me my deserved attention? This, this, readers, surely baffles you all as well. After all, you've been reading these gems faithfully

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9,335...9,336...So I'm now sporting the oh-so-fabulous Omron pedometer at all times during the day. Or at least whenever I heave my gargantuan bulk out of my straining office chair. You see, at the behest of my physician, I need to wear this fashion accessory when moving so that she knows that I'm not lying when I say that I actually don't just stuff donuts down my face all day. I know that my

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It's not that I have anything against those crazy cat ladies (and Laurie, if you're reading this, since I've never met you, I have no earthly right to call you crazy, but you do post about your cats a lot and your URL has 'crazy' in it, but I promise I don't mean it in a bad way; I love your cats and you're one funny lady!) but the thought of dedicating a post to the subject of my cat is somewhat

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Wedding preparations are under way. The, uhh, fiancée and I are going to check out The Hastings House this weekend. For shits and giggles, I think we're going to check out The Ritz-Carlton too, but I can tell you right now, they're going to laugh me out of that place when I roll up in The 1997, 4-door, 98 horsepower, manual everything, Geo Prizm (mine's white for further emasculation [although

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Because I'm a slave to my demanding readers, I have decided to post some pictures of my and my fiancée's recent excursion South of The Border. Behold and weep!As you can see, Jen is terribly excited that I'm taking her picture prior to her having her coffee. It is roughly 9:00 AM at this point and we have been up for nearly five hours. This is our first night in Puerto Vallarta. I'm drinking

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Aaah to be back on American soil. Not that Puerto Vallarta is all that foreign. We stayed at a resort hotel there and it seemed a lot like camp. With bellboys. And a swim-up bar. So I guess it's not really like camp at all.We had a lovely time there. We were surprised and somewhat encouraged by the fact that over half of the guests at our hotel were Mexican. We don't particularly wish to spend

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Leaving for Puerto Vallarta on Saturday. One full week without work. If course that means that all you faithful readers (all none of you) will have to do without my oh-so-witty-and-fantastic updates. And for that I offer this as a peace offering.

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While we're on the subject of getting married...I'm quite excited about my own foray into married life. Not that it's happened yet or anything, but still. It's going to.Although, I must admit that I still have my own insecurities and worries that I feel should be addressed before I launch into this enterprise. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not feeling apprehensive about marrying my lovely fiancée.

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mmmm...The weekend just couldn't come fast enough. For some reason, I've thought it was a day past the day it actually was all week. Por ejemplo, on Martes I could have sworn it was Miercoles, on Miercoles I thought it was Jueves, etc. Of course the great irony of all of this is that now I have to work on Sabado. And I wasn't even goofing off!

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I keep including links to my sister's blog. This is for a reason. She is crazy and is therefore a source of amusement. Most recent evidence of insanity: a photologue of her recent attempts at tanning-studying in which she includes no less than four pictures of her cats. Those of you who visit her blog after reading this post will realize that my use of the adjective 'crazy' when describing my

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In typical me form, I feel guilty about posting such a measly post and consequently, I'm following it up with a real post.The funny thing is that no one reads this blog. So who's out there to be upset with me about not posting? No one. Except me. And I don't count. Or I shouldn't count. Or something. Really though. I'm not a faithful blogger and I don't have an audience, so what compels me to

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My sister threatened to de-link my blog from hers if I didn't update it more often.So in order to appease said sibling, I'm updating.*ahem*I'm engaged.

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Wow. So, it's post-Christmas. I was very surprised and enthused about several of the presents I received, and the presents I gave to others were well received. I also spoke with my friend Chandler who lives back in Boston and that made me happy. I miss that bastard. Why he decided that he had to move as far away from me as he could is beyond me. It's been a year and a half already! Far too long.

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Well, I felt kinda bad about only posting about the cosmetic update to the site, so I thought I'd post more. I think I would probably post more, but the fact of the matter is that I type all day. Every day. From 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. 5 days a week. It's not that I dislike my job. Far from it. I love my job, but the all-day typing really cuts in to my desire to use my computer/post comments

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6200973.post-1103852490948754792004-12-23T17:40:00.000-08:002006-10-26T22:07:45.258-07:00

Hey hey! An update! I liked this new template that was offered, so I thought I'd make some random cosmetic change to my website. Now if only I'd post more...

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Why is Wilco so good? I've been listening to Summerteeth/Yankee Hotel Foxtrot/A Ghost Is Born almost non-stop for a month now. Y.H.F. is so good I could cry. They need more albums.

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Discovered after a tad more browsing that ConsumerReports is subscription based. Well, it may be worth it. It had a wealth of information on the free pages I saw. I hate pay-to-browse websites though. I realize that the internet is changing and that the days of the "free" internet are coming to an end and that "the internet should be free for all" argument doesn't account fot the fact that

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So in keeping with my new practice of updating with little more than a link to some other site... I've been thinking about buying a car. I won't be doing this soon, but probably in the next two years or so it will become a necessity. At the moment my little car has 90,000 miles and is beginning to protest more when it reaches 70+ MPH. SO, where to turn for unbiased information on cars? Why,

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While I'm in the habit of linking to stuff I like, here's one: Sing365 has to be the most comprehensive, well-organized lyrics website I've come across on the web. I know, I know. I'm supposed to say something witty or self-deprecating or absurd in my blog posts and they're supposed to be so self-aware, but I really don't have the time today. Sing365 just sort of popped into my head and I

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Her comes another fake post! Woot! No additional content, but a couple of neat links that I've stumbled upon recently: PopMatters -- For news, reviews, etc. on a variety of pop media including comics! Pitchfork Media -- Current events, articles, etc. on underground/alternative music scene. Torrentz -- File sharing center for BitTorrent users. A great way to catch up on Sopranos episodes.

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I want to upgrade my iPod headphones to a pair of nice, Sony earbuds. They look like they'll be more comfortable and the cord is a foot longer. As we all know, length is everything. On the whole, I think Apple is doing an amazing job tearing the money from your pocket with all of the "must-have" accessories with the iPod. I look at the FM adapter, travel kit w/ charger and the protective

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Well, I felt badly only having one sickly, meager post here on my blog page. So, without further ado, I give you my second blog post. Well, actually, that was it. Or is it. I can't decide if this is present or past tense. I mean, I'm writing it but will have to have written it in order for anyone (you, reader) to read it. ... I think I hurt myself.

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Hmm. What to post first? This is important. This is representative of all blogs to come in the future. This. This will shape and define my own self and any and all who may read what I write. Who am I to make such a weighty decision? I am but one man.

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